Recs if you like Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked...

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.

The human brain is programmed for the needs of a prehistoric world, and the constant information and stimulation of the 'Screen Age' easily overwhelms us. These books discuss the science of how we're affected and how to protect our sanity and push back through the tidal wave of the digital age.

Digital minimalism reading list taken from r/nosurf. Plus recently released books relevant to the topic.

These are books about getting off your phone, switching back to analog media and using the Internet as a tool not an addiction. Now go touch grass!

Nonfiction exposing issues with our society and lifestyles